27 April 1918

By decision of the Council of People's Commissars of 27 April of this year, Comrade Iosif Vissarionovich Dzhugashvili-Stalin is appointed plenipotentiary representative of the Russian Federative Socialist Soviet Republic for the conduct of negotiations with the Ukrainian People's Republic concerning the conclusion of a treaty, beginning on 28 April of this year in the city of Kursk, and for the signature of such treaty.

Chairman of the Council of People's Commissars V. Ulyanov (Lenin).

Acting Deputy People's Commissar for Foreign Affairs Geo[rgii] Chicherin.

Manager of the Affairs of the Council of People's Commissars Vlad. Bonch-Bruevich.

Secretary of the Council N. Gorbunov.

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